Those who assembled in the cathedral ruins listened to several faith leaders from Coventry, including Mehru Fitter from Coventry Multi-faith Forum, who said the attacked had left people feeling “numb” but added they would not be “cowed by it”.

People gather for the multi-faith vigil to remember the victims of the Westminster terror attacks (Image: Handout, Publicity Picture)

In the middle of the vigil there was a period of quiet reflection and those who attended were invited to write their own personal prayers or messages on cards and hang them above the altar in the cathedral ruins.

Osman Sheikh from the Keswa Charity was one of the city’s Muslim leaders who attended and spoke.

“He said: “I want to speak about the shock and the feeling of numbness on that day - and it has continued.

“Also, the place we are standing in was bombed in the war and if we can think back a few decades to the fear and terror that must have been felt by men and women as the bombs were coming down.

Personal prayers and messages placed above the altar in the ruins of Coventry Cathedral during a multi-faith vigil to remember the vistims of the Westminster terror attacks (Image: Handout, Publicity Picture)

“This place would have been a venue for people of different faiths to come together, draw strength and provide empathy.

“Our thoughts are with the victims and those injured.

“There is evil in the world but let us use this coming together to show solidarity and give each other strength.